Monday, January 23, 2017

The Dangerous History Podcast Ep. 0087: Grain and the State

http://profcj.org/grain-and-the-state/

Ep. 0087: Grain and the State

Wheat close-up
Join CJ as he discusses:
  • How people lived in the Paleolithic Era, which actually encompasses the vast majority of human existence
  • The Neolithic Revolution and the coming of agriculture
  • The domestication of grains and their rise to dominate global food production
  • The rise of “civilization,” including its downsides
  • The characteristics of grains which make them the preferred food crops of states
  • Alternatives to sedentary, fixed-field, grain-dominated agriculture, which states tend to discourage
  • A few thoughts and observations about grains and states in the modern world
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